Police: Body found along bike path is victim of homicide

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Police: Body found along bike path is victim of homicide

Police say they’re investigating the discovery of a man’s dead body along a bike path as a homicide.

A bicyclist found a man’s dead body near a bike path along the Mississippi River on Monday, June 11, 2012.

Police got the 911 call about the discovery just after 3 p.m.

The bicyclist found the body next to the bike path between the Centennial and Crescent bridges.

Police said they are treating it as a suspicious death.

An autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday morning. After reviewing the autopsy results, Rock Island Police said they are treating the investigation as a homicide. The coroner’s office was working to identify the victim and the exact cause of death.

Anyone with information related to the incident is asked to contact Rock Island Police at (309) 732-2677 or Crime Stoppers at (309) 762-9500.